By: Pavel Mylnikov

Pavel Mylnikov — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 07:21:02 +0000

Quite an interesting issue!
In Russia there are either too many university students or there is a lack of scholarships, as they are mostly not enough to live on while studying (no matter in what sphere your major lies). Such way of treating students results in many who are willing to get educated abroad where a student status means more opportunities.
As for the range of papers which you get after graduating or finishing a course – every other employer seems to need staff with university diplomas even if their job doesn’t require these skills. As a result – those who pursue money prefer not to spend 4-5 years in a university but to get a fake diploma and use it when applying for a position. If they do not get caught – our society becomes filled with unqualified “specialists”.

By: María

María — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 22:34:41 +0000

This is most interesting!
In Argentina, for instance, you can get a scholarship from the government if you want to study engineering, industry-oriented science and careers related to industrial development. This is strongly related to the lack of professionals in my country to work on this field and, hence, empower economy. I think this is a good approach.
I do consider that music, art and drama involve education. However, there are not many working opportunities in my country on these fields (more artistic), and those who have a job in these are not very well paid. In this sense, I consider it good that more traditional fields of study are given an incentive in this way.

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